Re: [Evolution] Backing up.

["J. Kelley Jernigan" <hovercraft nc rr com>]

I;m going to print these out so I don't lose them. :)


On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 20:31, amarpreet rattan wrote:
> hello,
>
> to tar the contents of FOLDER (in the parent directory of FOLDER) type
> the following
>
> tar cfz FOLDER.tar.gz FOLDER/*
>
> this creates the tar file FOLDER.tar.gz (the flags c=create, f=file,
> z=zip)
>
> to untar/unzip the folder type (in the directory containing
> FOLDER.tar.gz)
>
> tar xfz FOLDER.tar.gz
>
> (x-extract, f=file, z=unzip).
>
> this will untar the contents of FOLDER.tar.gz
>
> btw, i don't blame you for not knowing how to use the tar command, if
> you ask me, the man pages on the tar command are atrocious.
>
> amps
>
> On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 20:04, J. Kelley Jernigan wrote:
> > BTW, exactly what format would this command take to tar the folder?
> > Please excuse the dumb questions but there is so much I don't know about
> > Linux.
> >
> > I tried just burning the folder to a CD-ROM but that didn't work.
> >
> > Kelley 
> >
> > On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 19:07, Jully wrote:
> > > You should be able to just tar+gz/bz2 the "evolution" dir in your home
> > > dir - and then just extract to the same location when you want to use it
> > > again. Simple as that.
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 11:00, J. Kelley Jernigan wrote:
> > > > How does one backup Evolution so that it still works after either a
> > > > fresh OS install or an upgrade?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
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